see also Cuextecatl; apparently spelled variously, Quextecatl was a name; and there was a Quextecatl, a leader and a warrior associated with the Huasteca and Tamoanchan (see: https://www.cdmadero.tecnm.mx/index.php/conocenos/identidad/mural); Siméon says he was guarding the coast when the invasion led by Cortés took place; another source says the name refers to a place known for "caracolillos"
how much, how many, however much, however many (interrogative and quantifier) James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 231.